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GISDA – supporting young people (and riding bikes!)
Posted on February 24, 2013 by wheelist in Coaching.GISDA is a charitable company based in Caernarfon “offering vulnerable people in our society the opportunity to improve their quality of life so they aren’t disadvantaged because of poverty.” This week they brought a group of young people to Coed y Brenin to have a go at mountain biking, and I was their coach and […]
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Sometimes work just isn’t.
Posted on February 19, 2013 by wheelist in Coaching.I had the pleasure of running a coaching session for Iago and Steffan’s 9th birthdays last week at Coed y Brenin. They and 6 of their best friends braved the weather (it didn’t turn out too bad in the end) and headed out with me onto the trails…. Subjects we covered included braking (relative stopping […]
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After the sun goes down….
Posted on November 12, 2012 by wheelist in Coaching, Riding.Wheelism is once again offering guided night riding sessions at the dark and magical Coed y Brenin over the coming months. If you’ve ever fancied giving night riding a go but aren’t sure about splashing out that much cash on a set of lights, then come along and hire some lights too! We have pairs […]
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The darkness returns….
Posted on October 9, 2012 by wheelist in Riding.It’s that time of year again. The darkness has just arrived. Fortunately it’s that time of year too, and so today at Beics Brenin the darkness came in the form of a new bike – 2013 Stumpjumper Comp Carbon HT in super slinky Testbike colours. The last time I rode a bike this stealthy was […]
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Chasing the tail of the Beast of Brenin!
Posted on October 3, 2012 by wheelist in Riding.Usually when I ride in an event I try to finish somewhere near the front. I don’t always succeed, but I’m not often very close to the back of the pack. However, this Sunday I had the pleasure of riding the sweep on the second half of the Coed y Brenin Enduro, and that meant […]
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Stravation – the need to feed on ride data.
Posted on September 18, 2012 by wheelist in Riding.On Saturday evening I rode the Exposure Lights Big Night Out marathon at Ruthin. I’d been away for the previous two days at a wedding, arrived home late, and had literally thrown my bike kit into the car before heading to work on the morning of the event. So, when I arrived at Ruthin after […]
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The Summer is Dead! Long Live the Summer!
Posted on September 2, 2012 by wheelist in Riding.Hurray, hurrah, whoopeee, and root-tee-toot! The summer is over! Now don’t get me wrong – I love the summer as much as the next man, it’s just that the summers here in mid-Wales are when ‘The Outsiders’ come. The school holidays bring tourists by the bus load, car load, van load, and train load, all […]
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Garneddwen Ten Time Trial
Posted on August 30, 2012 by wheelist in Riding.It might have been the thunder. Perhaps it was the torrential rain. Or maybe it was the warnings about the road closure. Whatever though, I didn’t predict a great turnout for the inaugral Garneddwen Ten time trial. As it happened though, there were twice as many riders as I’d expected. Two. Me and Andy Braund […]
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Days like these….
Posted on August 1, 2012 by wheelist in Coaching, Riding.You don’t get days like these very often. In fact they rarely happen at all. It started with an early morning blast around the Minotaur trail at Coed y Brenin – they’ve just opened the 3rd loop, which climbs parallel to the River Gain towards the waterfalls on the Gain and Mawddach rivers. It’s a […]
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Powys Xtreme 2012
Posted on July 28, 2012 by wheelist in Coaching.This week I’ve had the pleasure to run some sessions for Machynlleth Youth Club as part of the Powys Xtreme series of summer activities. Day One was at Coed y Brenin, looking at some underlying MTB skills that can help any rider to improve their riding – braking, wheel lifts, cornering etc. We followed up […]
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